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Security: False Utopic Dreams vs. The Faithful God

• Lam. 3:21, “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have

hope.

• Lam. 3:22, “Through the LORD’S mercies we are not

consumed, because His compassions fail not.

• Lam. 3:23, “They are new every morning; Great is Your

faithfulness.

• Lam. 3:24, “ ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul,

“ ‘Therefore I hope in Him!’

• Lam. 3:25, “The LORD is good to those who wait for

Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

• Lam. 3:26, “It is good that one should hope and wait

quietly for the salvation of the LORD.”

2 Kings 18:5, “He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 2 Kings 18:6, “For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.”

2 Kings 18:5, “He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 2 Kings 18:6, “For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.”

jAfD;b (baœtah) “trust in, feel safe,

be confident, careless.”

2 Kings 18:5, “He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 2 Kings 18:6, “For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.”

qAb;d (daœbaq) cleave, cling, stick to,

stick with, hold onto.

jAfD;b (baœtah) “trust in, feel safe,

be confident, careless.

2 Kings 18:7, “The LORD was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.”

• Psa. 146:3, “Do not put your trust in princes, nor

in a son of man, in whom there is no help.”

• Jer. 17:5, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Cursed is the

man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD.”

• Jer. 17:7, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the

LORD, and whose hope is the LORD.”

• Psa. 18:2, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress

and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”

• Psa. 18:30, “As for God, His way is perfect; the

word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.”

• Psa. 91:2, “I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge

and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.’ ”

• Psa. 91:4, “He shall cover you with His feathers,

and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.”

jAfD;b (baœtah) “trust in, feel safe,

be confident, careless.”